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PONZI SURRENDERS HIMSELF
AND WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST
BEING DRAWN BY U:S. OFFICIAL
District Attorney Galla
gher Declares That Ponzi
, Gave Himself Up Be
cause He Felt Himself
Unable to Carry Out
Promises He Had Made
for Redemption of His
Notes To-morrow.
SECRET HEARING ON"
ARREST PETITION
Sensational Development
To-day Follows Ponzi's
Admission That He Was
a. Former Convict and
Following the Closing of
Hanover Trust Co. by the
State Bank Commissioner.
Boston, Aug 12. Charles Ponzi was
arrested to-day by the federal authori
ties charged with using the mails to
defraud.
Boston, Aug. 11. Charles Poni to
day surrendered to the.l'nited States
marshal and ft warrant for hi arrcet
is being prepared. .
District Attorney Gallagher said that
Ponzi had surrendered because he toll
himself unable to carry out promises
he had made for the redemption of his
notes io-morrow.
At the time this announcement was
made hearing was. being held before
Judge Bennett of the municipal court,
..sitting in chambers on a police appli
cation for the arrest of Ponzi. The
hearing was secret.
. Hanover Trust Co. in Trouble.
Fonzi's surrender followed disclos
ures made yesterday, when Ponzi ad
mitted that he was a former convict
and that he had served terms of im
prisonment in Montreal and Atlanta
some "rears ago. It was while Ponzi
was making his confession in a formal
statement that the Hanover Trust
Co., in which he was a director and
shareholder and through which he had
done a large checking business, was
.closed.
Bank Commissioner Allen said hie
action was due to findings by his ex
aminers that the bank had made loans
which "were excessive and beyond the
legal limit," and "many loans that are
either bad or of doubtful value.' He
expressed fear that the bank's pital
had been impaired. Ponzi resigned
from the bank's directorate immedi
ately following the closing.
Ponzi'i Creditors Bring in Notes.
Replies to Attorney Genersl Allen's
advertisement in many newspapers re
questing holders of Fonzl notes lo com
municate with Mr. Allen continued to
be received in large quantities, it was
said. Since speculators bought notes
from many persons in the "rowds
which made the run on'Pomi's office
last week, and said openly that they
would hold them until maturity, it is
believed that this class hold a sub
stantial amount of the financier's out
standing obligations.
A room set aside by the tMorney
general for the accommodation of not
holders who come to the office per
sonally to give information was crowd
ed most of the forenoon and the first
mail brought some 300 letters, all sup
posedly in reply to the newspaper ad
vertisement, Postoffiie authorities said
hat at least 1,000 letters bad been
delivered to the attorney general's of
fice during the past few days.
Mr. Allen declined to-day to ive out
anv estimate of the total of I'oiui's
liabilities represented by unpaid notes
reported to him, but it was stated at
bis office earlier in the week that the
average investment of the firt "00 was
500. Many persons still express faith
that Tonri will meet all his obliga
tions, it was said.
State Treasurer Fred G. Burrcll gave
out a statement to-day in refcri-ne to
the state's dettosit in the Ilanoier
Trust romps nt in which he said that
the bank was a depositary by vote of
the government and council on March
20, 191. and that on May T of that
ear a depo-it was made there ly the
former treasurer, Charles L. Burrell.
Mr. Burrell said the deposit ua I re
mained at about the same .imo.mt
since it was first made. I'ndr the
law the treurer is permitted to place
in idt depoi'sry an amount Tt ev
reedirg 4" per cent of the depositary s
"capital. Thi would permit a ir:t
f 1160.000 in tbe Hanover Tru-t om--pnv.
but Treasurer Burrell ead tb
amount of state money in that r.s'.V
as far fcelow that f;rire He .lf bnJ
: say JoM what the amount wj-
The state treasurer evpr"-d t'-e
be Lff tfcat the baiJt will be fouad ea-
tirely solvent and that every depositor
will be paid dollar for dollar. He
criticised Bank Commissioner Joseph C.
Allen for the latter'a alleged failure
to notify him in advance that the bank
was to be closed. Mr. Burrell baid Al
len informed him. two days ago that
he was conducting an investigation of
the institution and the treasurer in
quired whether it would be desirable
to withdraw the state money. Mr.
Allen replied, according to the treasur
er, "I think it will be all right; if
anything develops in this, investigation
I will'let you know."
"Inasmuch as the bank commissioner
receives a salary from the common
wealth and is supposed to be acting in
the interest of the state as mu;h as I
am," added Treasurer Burrell, "it was
his duty to inform me if any bank on
the list of state depositaries was not
in good condition."
Governor Coolidge expressed great
surprise when informed that Treasurer
Burrell had refused to disclose the
amount of the state deposit in the Han
over Trust company. "The treasurer
may have a pood reason for withhold
ing this information, but I cannot con
ceive what reason he can possibly
have," said Governor Coolidge. "The
money belongs to the people of the
state and I feel they have a right to
know how much of it is in any bunk
which the bank commissioner finds
probable operating in in unsafe man
ner. I believe Hhe treasurer will re
consider his refusal and will make pub
lie this information. If he does not do
so I shall request the council at its
next meeting Wednesday to make it
public."
BLAMED BIANCO
FOR BANKRUPTCY
Liugi Zarossi, Formerly of "Montreal,
Saya His Bookkeeper Was Responsi
ble for Disappearance of Funds.
Chicago, Aug. 12. Luigi Zarossi,
who says he was forced into bank
ruptcy in Montreal in 1008 through the
mishandling of his business by Joseph
Bianco, was located here last night.
He said illness forced him to leave
his business in the bsnds of his man
ager, Anthony Russo, and when he re
covered, a few weeks later, debts
totalling $0,000 forced him into bankruptcy.
He blamed Bianco, who was em
ployed as a bookkeeper, for the dis
appearance of funds and goods valued
at $10,000 and said that Bianco was
sentenced to prison in Montreal for
forgery, while he himself was exoner
ated in the bankruptcy proceedings.
Zarossi, who la now 60 years old, says
he has been a saloon keeper here for
the paat ten yvars.
CANCEL STREET CAR SERVICE
Many German Towns Have Bees De
prived of Their Cart.
Berlin, Aug. 12. Owing to the enor
mous increase in the cost of opera
tion, street car service in many of the
smaller German cities has been dis
continued. Jena, Wuerr.burg, Freiberg
and Heilbronn are among the towns
trying now to get along without trams.
Attempts were made to keep the lines
going by radical increase in fares, but
the public, unable to pay the price,
took to walking.
Berlin and other large cities, where
street car traffic has fallen off alarm
ingly because of increased fares, are
facing the problem of reorganizing the
service, retaining only those lines which
are absolutely necessary for the ac
commodation of persons having to
travel long distances. Wagons and
carts brought out to give a lift to
pedestrians during recent strikes of
street car employes have indicated
which routes through Berlin are vital
for transportation.
RUTH A GOOD COW.
She Is Making Money for Her Owner
at Peterborough, N. H.
Durham, X. n.. Aug. 12. The nsme
Ruth is becoming associated with
champions of several sort. "Babe," the
slugging ball player of the Xew Tork
Yankees, has 41 home runs to bis cred
it this season, but W. S. Hadlgy of
Peterborough has a three and oeje-half
year old Ruth that produced W8
pounds of butterfat during July. This
puts her at tb head of the monthly
list of high producing rows ec ported
hv the cow-testing association of Xew
Hampshire, according to a bulletin is
sued to-day by the agricultural de
partment of Xew Hampshire rollge.
ANOTHER BAR TO HAL CHASE
M union Baseball League Will Net Al
low Hun ta Play.
Ssn Jose, Calif, Aug. 12. Directors
of the Mission Baseball League voted
rt to 2 to rescind a resolution passed
some jl i me ago permitting Hal Chase,
former major league player, to play
with the San -lose club in the league.
according to advk-e f rrm fidroy
where the d. rectors aat-
tlae refntly was barred from
Tacifrc i "oat league parks by order of
President McCarthy, during an invest!
gatiti of charges that gamblers were
a-.Un.ptu'.g ta in fur nee t.ayer.
FEARS BANK'S
CAPITAL GONE
Bank Commissioner Allen
Made Statement This
Afternoon
BANK WAS CLOSED
BY THAT OFFICIAL
Charles Ponzi Was a Direc
tor in Institution Till
Yesterday
Boston, Aug. 12. Bank Commission
er Allen announced this afternoon that
the capita1 of the Hanover Trust Co.
probably had been completely wiped
out. The bank was closed by the com
missioner.. Charles Ponzi had teen a
director up to yesterday.
The bank commissioner issued this
statement:
"I wish to correct a statement which
appeared in at least one morning pa
per to the effect that the capital of the
Hanover "Trust Co. is not impaired.
That statement is not correct. There
is no doub, whatsoever, that the capi
tal is very badly impaired and it is
probably wiped' out completely.
"It should be remembered, however,
that the stockholders have liability of
a 100 per cent assessment, provided
such assessment is necessary to enable
the bank to fay 100 cents on the dol
lar to all depositors. Before the deposi
tors can suffer loss, therefore, the cap
ital stock of $400,000, the surplus of
$100,000 and the stockholders' liabili
ty of $400,000 provided the stockhold
ers can pay, must first be used to take
care of losses." ,
To his formal statement Bank Com
missioner Alien added that it would be
necessary to complete the investiga
tion of the bank's affairs before an an
nouncement could be made of its exact
condition. This, he said, in reply to an
inquiry as to whether he thought the
$000,000 assets suggested would be suf
ficient to cover all claims.
SEED POTATO ASSOCIATION
Was Started at Enthusiastic Meeting
at Randolph Center.
Randolph Center,, Aug 12. Over 00
aee potato growers, representing seven
comities, met yesterday as the guests
of the Randolph Center Potato Grow
ers' exchange and, after an enthusias
tic meeting, started plans for the for
mation of a state association.
The rote to organize as the Vermont
Seed Potato Growers' association was
ur.animous. Officers and executive com
mittee were elected and authorized to
draw up a constitution and by-laws to
be presented at a later meeting. The
officere elected were: President, L. H.
Ball of Randolph Center; vice-president,
L. K. Osgood of Rutland; secretary-treasurer,
A. H. Gilbert of the
state department of agriculture; exec
utive committee with the officers, E. S.
Brigham of St. Albans, state commis
sioner of agriculture, J. A. Sanford of
Putney and G. H. Temple of Randolph
Center.
The other parts of te day's program
consisted of an inspection tour of po
tato fields near Randolph Center in the
forenoon and talks and discussions of
potato culture topics," led by Professor
William Stuart, horticulturalist, and
Dr. H. A. Edson, plant pathologist, both
coming from the bureau of plant in
dustry at Washington, D. C. About
350 people attended thla session.
This organization has a big field of
activity before it in the way of promot
ing the production of seed potatoes in
the state and in advertising Vermont
gTown seed potatoes in the markets.
COOLIDGE'S FATHER INVITED
Ta Attend Banquet in Honor ef the
Governor To-night
Boston, Ang. 12. Massachusetts Re
publicans will launch their campaign
to night with a dinner to be given by
the Republican club of Massachusetts
in honor of Governor Calvin Coolidge,
nominee for vice-president. Former
Governor Charles S. Whitman of Xew
York has been- announced as the prin
cipal speaker.
Other speakers will be Judge Wal
lace McCamant of Portland, Oregon,
who placed the governor's name in
nomination for vice-president at the
Republican national convention, and
Mrs. Alexandra Carlisle Pfeffer, who
seconded his nomination for president.
Mrs. Coolidxe, Jobs) C Cfrolidge f
Plymouth, Vt the governor's father:
Senator Iodge. and Governor Clement
of Vermont are among the invited
guests.
The X. D. Thelps aggregation will
jplsy the East Hill nine at the Lincoln
FRENCH ACTION
CALLED MENACE
Great Britain Officials
Alarmed Over Recogni
tion of Government
NEGOTIATIONS ARE
BEING CARRIED ON
King George Cancels Trip
to Scotland Because of
the Situation
London, Aug. 12 (By the Associated
Press). Great Britain has been offi
cially notified of the recognition by
France of the government of General
Baron Wrangel as the de facto govern
ment of South Russia, and the ques
tion is being discussed between the
two governments.
Something aUn to consternation is
evinced by the evening newspapers
over the French action, which ia char
acterized as contrary to British, idt as
and a menace to entente relations.
Meanwhile King George, who was to
leave for Scotland to-morrow, has
posiponed his trip owing to the situation.
MONTPEL1ER
Several City Department Are Near
the Bottom of the Till. ,
Finances were rehearsed in the city
council meeting in Montpelier Wednes
day evening, which resulted in Alder
man Kelty insisting upon his motion
that a special meeting be held Satur
day evening ior Ihe special consider
ation of finances. It was evident that
some curtailing in the different depart
ments will have to take place and that
possibly a considerable reduction along
certain lines will have t oeettrriAt
least a re-apportionment of the funds
placed in tbe hands of the city council
tothe different departments, will have
to take place. The appropriations to
streets, according to the figures of last
evening, is about exhausted.
While the meeting was not a lengthy
one there were some hot shots fired off
In which members of the same com
mittee did not agree. This particular
ly developed when a mot ion, to place
the permanent street work under City
Engineer Ferry was made. Alderman
Yett opposed it, while Aldermen Strat
ton and Maroni of the same committee
were just as emphatic about having
some permanent work done this year.
Engineer Ferry was present snd, with
a smile, took the compliments passed
to him on his ability and. when asked
about the matter, said he was ready
to handle the work if the council was
ready to do its work. He was given su
pervision ef the job.
The city bam is going to cast 2,0HI
more than it was estimated that it
would require and, possibly, more than
that unless work on it is stopped. The
poor department is exceeding the ap
propriation, according to Alderman
Bowers. Alderman Stratton stated he
was satisfied that the Xorthfleld street
job was more than the figures show it
to be. He is still trying to locate l.'ifl
bags of cement that have disappeared.
Dr. C. H. Burr appeared, asking ad
vice as to what ruling the council will
make governing connecting of toilets
wtoh the sewer system and reported
some rhsnges that he thought advis
able for the general health conditions.
W. M. Farker appeared relative
to vthe installation of a light
near his home, explaining that
it was. decided to put one there
some years since, but it had
been placed in another location. The
matter was left to the lighting com
mittee. The grange was given permis
sion to conduct a street dam-e. The
matter of repairing the town clock
was left to the property committee.
The matter of the collector of the city
taxes was referred to the city attor
ney w-ith power to act and the city
sheriff's bond was increaed from $1,
000 to 10,tH)0 because of the larjre
amount of uncollected taxes in bis
hands; namely, over $I7,0 of this
year's and over H.000 of previous
years.
Alderman Bowers reported that the
Maxim motor tire truck will be ready
for shipment in a few days, that it is
complete and would be shipped within
a week. Alderman Yett was authorized
to go to Middleboro. Mass.. and repre
sent the city in the trip to Montpelier.
Frank Abair appeared, wanting a walk
to his house. This was referred to the
street' committee. A large number of
licenes w ere granted to different per
sons in the city, which tbe city charter
pives authority to !icene to do busi
ness. Alderman Yett set off a bomb in
tie finance committee's field, when be
asked why that committee doe o
have a meet ins, which brought a state
ment from one of the members that
meet ires of that committee sbouM
Have commend in February. A mo
tion to adjourn by Aldermaa Marooi
stepped debate and remarks.
TENNESSEE
VOTES FRIDAY
On Ratification of the Fed
eral Woman's Suffrage
Amendment
FEVERISH EFFORTS
TO CORRAL VOTES
Party Leaders Agree to
Postpone Action on Mat
ter No Longer
Nashville,' Tenn., Aug. 12. A vote
on ratification of the federal woman
suffrage amendment in both Hou-.cs of
the Tennessee legislature appeared cer
tain to-day. Party leaders were sa;d
to be agreed that nothing could be
gained by postponing action until next
week.
Preparations were being made to
day for the joint hearing to-night on
the sufrage resolution. The' opposition
factions also continue feverish at
tempts to control the support of sen
ators and representatives who had not
yet definitely announced their stand
on the question.
NORTH CAROLINA WAITS.
Will Not Act on Suffrage Until Friday
Possibly Saturday.
Raleigh, X. ' Aug. 12. The North
Carolina legislature, tilled into t-pecial
session to consider taxation questions
and ratification of the federal woman
suffrage amendment, probably vill not
tackle suffrage until to-morrow, and
perhaps not until Saturday.
Government Bickett, who bad
planned to send in a message on suf
frage to-day, announced that it bad
not been completed.
VERY NARROW MARGIN
FOR OHIO DEMO RATS
Judge A. F. 0'Neil Leading Julien for
Senatt Nomination by Only
. 331 Votes.
Columbus, O., Aug. 12 Returns t arly
to-day frdm Tuesday's primary elec
tion showed a close rac for the IXm
ocratic nomination for . United States
senator. Unofficial returns from 5:00
of th 0000 precincts in the state gma
a lead of only 631 votes to Judge A.
F. O'Xeil of Akron, over W. A. Juliien
of Cincinnati. y
With only approximately 100 pre
cincts still missing, former Mayor
Harry I Davis of Cleveland continued
to maintain a lead of 17.000 votes over
former Congressman Ralph D. Cole of
Findlay, for the Republican nomina
tion' for governor.
Former Governor Frank B. Willis
had a lead of AO.000 vote over Walter
Brown of Toledo for the Republican
nomination for United States cnator
on returns from 5757 precincts.
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ROOSEVELT OPENS CAMPAIGN.
Will Go Through IS States and As
Far As Pacific Coast
Chicago. Aug. 12. Frank D Roose
velt, Democratic candidate for vice
piesident, left today on a" speaking
trip that will take him through l.'i
states, and as far as the Pacific roast.
Three speeches are on to day's pro
gram, opening with s brief address
at Kenoswa. '., ar- l:ici.ie, Wis.,
and closing with a night meeting at
Milwaukee. From Milwaukee Mr.
Roosevelt will go Fridsy to St. Paul
and Minneapolis for two meetings in
the twin cities. ,
Mr. Roooevelt and James Hamilton
Lewis, former United States seantor,
and now candidate for the IVmocratic
nomination for governor of Illinois,
opened the campaign here last night.
The vice-presidential candidate ad
dressed a large part of his speech to
former progressives, eulogi -co ex -Resident
Roosevelt and invited the letter's
former followers into the Democratic
fold.
COX ON WARPATH.
To-night Will Speak at Camp Perry
At Wheeling, W. Va Saturday.
Columbus. O., Aus. 12. With trover
nor Cox en route to Camp Perry to de
liver his firt address Siiice his noti
fication, and with his running mate.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, on a western
trip, the Democratic plan of earning
their cause to the people to-day wa
under way.
Leaving here this morning for To
ledo. Governor Cox was to motor
frcm there to Camp Perry, an hour's
ride, and speak about S:.W o'clock p.
m.. returning here to night , via To
ledo. His next speaking enrS'mcnt i
at Wheeling. W. Va . Saturday.
"WILFUL" KIRBT DEFEATED.
For Reaeminatioa as Senatar from Ar
kansas by Caraway.
Little Roik. Ark.. Auc 12.Unit.-d
States Senator William F. Kirov, ap
parently detested f-W tflMltMtKHI
by Representative Thaddeu II. fara
way in Tuesday's state wide 'Vim
rratir praVnary. unofficial returns from
more thaw two thirds of the etste
showed to-daf. Kiry was character
ized by President W ilson as on" ef
tbe -wilful" senators in the early
etagea ef tbe war.
WINDSOR CO'S.
TABULATION
Fourteen Towns Lost and
Ten Gained in the 1920
' Census .
WESTON DROPPED
BIGGEST PERCENTAGE
Windsor and Springfield
Enabled the County to
Show Good Gain
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Washington, D. C Aug. 12. Four
teen " towns of Windsor county, Vt.,
showed a loss of population in HriO, ac
cording to statistics just given out by
the census bureau, while the 10 others
gained. The gain in the ten towns
more than offset the losses so that the
county shows a numerical increase of
.'Ij.lO.I, as previously reported.
Windsor and Springfield, were the
fasteot-growing towns, with prcentages
of M.2 and 52.0, respectively, although
Baltimore with 14.8 and Hartford with
13.1 showed a good percentage of in
crease. The towns of Weston dropped
the most, its percentage of loss being
31. The population of the county by'
towns is as follows: :
- P.C
10J0 1010 loss
Andover J9t 284 .4
Baltimore ... 62 54 14.8
Barnard 051 737 II
Bethel 178:! 194.1 8
Bridgewater , 80S 874 7.5
Cavendish 1319 zl208 8.3
Chester 1633 1784 8
Hartford 4739 4170 13.1
Hartland ." 1212 1316 8
Ludlow 2421 2215 0.3
Norwich 1092 1252 12.8
Plymouth 449 482 8
Pomfret 732 703 4
Reading 403 530 12.6
Rochester 1307 1317
Royalton 1409 1452 1
Sharon 545 585 0.8
Springfield 7202 4784 52.6
Stockbridge 618 737 16
Weathersfleld 1087 1002 .4
Weston 4... 436 632 31
West Windsor 514 560 9.6
Windsor 3087 2407 53.2
Woodstock 2370 2545 6.9
Total 36984 33681 '
Gain in population.
The population of the incorporated
plaoea in Windsor county is as fol
lows: Chester village 657, Ludlow vil
lage 1733, Springfield village 5,283,
Windsor village 3001, Woistork vil
lage 1,252.
Fraaklin County Increased Slightly.
The census of Franklin county, Vt.,
was announced, to-day as 30,02, an in
crease of 160, or .6 per cent.
BRADFORD P. SPARROW DEAD
Body Brought to Montpelier From the
Soldier' Home.
The body of Bradford P. Sparrow,
who died at the Soldiers' Home in Ben
nincton yesterday of paralysis agitans
arrived in Montpelier this morning and
is resting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
A. S. Sparrow, from where the funeral
will be held Friday at 1 o'clock, with
burial to be in the Robinson cemetery
in Calais.
Mr. Sparrow was born in Calais
April 8. 1843, where much of bis early
life was spent. He graduated from
Montpelier high school and taught two
years in Montpelier ' seminary,. He
later graduated frtn Middlcbury col
lege and later from the Columbia l.aw
school in Washington. For nianv
years be practised law in Washington.
D. C. The deceased was a tetcrsn of
the Ciil war. having Sent nine
months in the Libby prison. This im
paired his health, which was never
fully recovered.
Following the war he lived for a
time in Washington and later Virginia,
coming back to Vermont eiitht years
ago.
He is survived by four brothers. R'
S. Sparrow and Ivan Sparrow of Mont
pelier, Curtis of Medw-ay, Mass.. and
Forward of Calais.
DIED VERY SUDDENLY.
Merrill M. Russell of Montpelier, Prom
inent ia N. E. O. P.
Merrill M. Russell of Montpelier died
at about 10.30 o'dovk last evening of
heart trouble produced by an attack of
acute indigestion. He was on the street
a late as 9 o'clock when he was taken
suddenly ill. after reaching his tene
ment in the opera bouse block and d.ed
shortly.
Tbe deceased was a native of Morns
ville. born July 13. 18. He lived in
St Johnsbury and Jay. but for many
rears, was in tbe granite business in
Montpelier. Later be gave this up and.
fot 17 years, drove one of the rural
free delivery routes out of Montpelier.
He retired from this a few years aeo.
Mr. Ruell was prominent in the Xew
KnpUnd Order of Protection, having
he'd offices in the local lod;re. in the
frrand IMge of Vermont and hatinz
feeea a represent a tivw to tbe eupreme
lode. He orgwaued aeteral lodges in
Vermont and was also a ai'mhrr of the
Odd Fellows.
He m s twkt married. bi first w ife.
who died some vests a;. be.cz Abbe
C. Cre- He is aurvned by his e
STILL INVESTIGATING
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JOHNSON DEATH
While Arthur Mudgett, Arrested in
Connection with Case, Retains
Lawyer W. A. Dutton of
Hard wick.
Johnson, Aug. 12. Arthur Mudgett,
the 36-year-old lumberman and jack-of-all-trades,
arrested on a warrant
charging him with the murder of Amy
Shonio, the young factory girl, and
lodged in the county jail at Hyde Park,
has retained Attorney W. A. Dutton of
Hardwick. Mr. Dutton visited Mudgett
Tuesday. No date has been set for the
hearing, Attorney General Archibald
said yesterday, the inquests still going
on in State's Attorney Traey's office in
this village. '
Mr. Archibald said there were no
new developments in the case When
asked if another arrest would be made
ho said he was "not prepared to say,"
nor could 't be learned what was the
direct cause of the girl's death.
It is said that the warrant charging
Mudgett with the girl's death sets
forth that he killed her by violence,
but does not specify what Hid of vio
lence. A detective from a Boston agency
has been on the caso. When it de
veloped that Mudgett had been friend
ly with the dead girl the case was re
ported to the state prosecutor.
Mudgett was questioned at consider
able length, denying intimacies with
the girl, but is said to have admitted
afterward that he knew of her condi
tion. When Attorney General Archi
bald and the Boston detective arrived
Mudgett was further questioned and,
because of the alleged contradictory
statements made by him he wa or
dered held in custody, although no
charge was at first placed against him.
Tuesday Attorney General Archibald
directed the warrant charging, him
with murder.
Half a dozen witnesses are said to
have been heard yesterday and about
a dozen Tuesday. A1 information re
garding the proceedings is withheld.
The autopsy is said to have revealed
that the girl died by violenc which
was not possible of self infliction.
VT. AYRSHIRE CULB MEETING.
JURY DEBATING
BLUE LAW CASE
Fourth Annual Meeting at Green Moun
tain Stock Farm. '
Randolph. Aug. 12. The fourth an
nual meeting of the Vermont Ayrshire
club was held with Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Catlin at the Green Mountain Stock
Farm. Local showers kept down the
attendance but representative breed
ers from over the state were present
and a good meeting hid. Theforenoon
was spent in inspecting the herd of
Ayrshire, which Mr. Catlin haa and in
meeting and getting acquainted with
other breeders present.
After a, basket lunch, supplemented
by hot coffee, furnished by Mr. and
Mrs. Catlin, the business meeting of
the club was held. The report of the
year's activities of the club was made
by the secretary-treasurer, C, XT.
Smith, and accertd. The' report of the
sales committee of which C. W. Wil
son, Vergennes, is chairman, was made.
This sale will be held October 2tith at
Rutland and will be a representative
sale of selected animals from some
2.1 Vermont breeders.
The election of officers for the ensu
ing year resulted as follows; George
H. Dun-more, St. Albans, president; C.
H. Smith, Brandon, secretary-treasurer;
F. B. Ct!in, Randolph, auditor,
with C. W. Wilson, Vergennes and B.
F Butterfield. Derby Line, additional
members of the eiecutive "committee.
Vice-presidents were elected from ah
county.
Commissioner of Agriculture E. S.
Brigham gave a talk on "Tuberculosis
Eradication Work in Vermont." He
stated that $265,269.77 had" been spent
in the fiscal year to June 30th, 1920,
thSt 26.741 animals had been tested in
to operation, of which 0.760 were purebred-.
To date 52,616 animals hsve
twen leted representing 14 per cent of
the cattle in the state. The results
hsve been very satisfactory? The de
partment has "tested 1.343 herds which
have pa ed one test without a reactor
and bad over l.ftW herd under super
vision July 1. 1920. These results have
created a demand for Vermont bred
animals and the ultimate results of tu
berculosis eradication is as'ured. He
a-ked for the co-operation of breeders
in carrying on the program of eradi
cation work.
J. t;. Watson, secretary of the Na
tional Ajr-hire Breeder', association,
a-ked tlie -upport of breeders in tuber
culosis eradication work and empha
ixd the in.-rea-ed value added to the
dairy cattle of the state and nation
through the elimination of this dis
ease, for the co-operation of breeders
in showing at Ial fairs throughout
the state one or more representative
nn-ma bringing publicity to th Ayr
shire and the imU'idual herd represent
ed and to the dairy industry generally.
He calbd the attention of breeders to
the ne, .ity of grow in g young stock
to carlv maturity and the demand for
animal of good scale irre-pectne ef
breed. Publicity to available and stir,
plus -tork through advert i-ing i a
n-rv.iiv wri.h breeders mut give rm
idcrati n. He a'-o gae a judging and
scoring demonstration on three ani
mal emphs-iiing the n-H of ron.Litu
tiou. ar'iy and udlcr development
iu tbe dairy cow.
A pVant and profitable day was
peet by tbose precnt and a vote
of thank ws given Mr. and Mrs. Cat
lia for their bopita lly during tbe day.
ond wife, who was Ea L. Xelsoti, and
bee o. "Richard", to whom Mr. KusrfU
was mu h attached
1 iirs! arrang twin's e r"4 bri
ct .r"H ii sdi e froi a tty-
.a ia Xtbrsfk.
Matter Given Or to the
Jury at 11 'clock ;.
This Fo- oon . r
SUNDAY BJfu
tit A vrr J
run ir j
ACCUSED
Court Ru'il Out Conten
tion That the Game
Was for Charity
LICENSES TAKEN AWAY
The trial of the players arrested 1
Sunday, charged with violating the
law in regard to Sunday baseball, was
held this morning in Barre city court,"
beginning at 9 o'clock. The room was
filled with spectators. Both sides-stat-
ed their case, the prosecution calling in
three witnesses. The case was given'
over to the jury shortly after 11
o'clock, and in the early afternoon
they were still out.
The defense asserted that their case
was based on the claim that the play
ing Sunday was n act of charity, in
view of the fact that 10 per cent of the
gate receipts were to go to the Wash
ington county tuberculosis hospital.
This, however, waa ruled out. Fur
thermore, they contended that the
game bad not been completed, and con
sequently they could not be charged
with having played a game of ball that
day.
The prosecuting attorney, Earle R.
Davis, called three witnesses, Officer
S)oane, Deputy H. C. Law son of Mont
pelier and J. H. Gowdey, all of whom
testified to the fact that the men under
discussion had taken part in a ball
game on Sunday. After the pleas hsd
befn entwed"the case was given to tho
jury.
The jurors who were summoned yes
terday for the trial this morning were:
George Rising, Frank O. Lee, John V.
Rowcn, M. F. Cutler, Ernest J. Batch
elder, James T. Marrion, Allan WT.
Reid, John C. Griggs, J. J. Dashner,
Horace Richardson, George Hoyt and
Douglas M. Barclay.
At nnon the jury reported that they
had disagreed and that they stood
50-50 on the matter. The judje sent
them back for further deliberation, and
the jurymen demanded dinner, which
demand was complied with and they
were taken to Hotel Barre for satis
faction of the inner man.
From Several Vermont Automobile.
Drivers.
Harry A. Black, secretary of state,
has taken away the following auto
mobile operators' licenses: Herbert
Isherwood of Lyndonville, revoked be
cause of conviction for intoxication
while operating his car; Carlton Hen
dee of Rutland, suspended 30 days as
result of his recent conviction for care
less driving of his machine; Maurice
Martin of Bennington, 20 days for vio
lating the law of tbe road; Robert
Taylor of Barre, 60 days for violating
the law of the road and causing an
accident.
He has received the report oY J. F.
Hale of Fairfield, being convicted in
St. Albans of transferring number
plates from a registered car to an un
registered machine and operating it.
The report of an accident in Middle
sex arrived to the secretary of state's
office this morning. The car of W. X. .
J-athrnp of Middlesex ran into a tre
near tho Grandfield mill in that town.
It appears that the driver did not have .'
a license to drive a machine. The
driver escaped injury.
The following reports have also been
received: William Abbiatti of Barre,
that his machine collided with that of
Fred Suitor in Barre; Fred Jennette of
Hardwick that the driver of one of the j
American Realty company's trucks I
crowded him off the road between Han- 1
cock and Granville, doing quite a littla
damage. Miss Grace D. Barclay re-,
ported the accident near West Hart; ,
ford, in which she says she called for
the road several times and that Hub
liell, the other driver, did not give It to
her and when she tried to pass he did
not give her car road enough.
OPPOSITION BY IRONSIDE.
To Resolution for Political Amnesty at
Presented ta Vermont A. F. of L.
St. Albans. Aug. 12. Discussion of
resolutions favoring complete amnesty
for political prisoners in general and
Eugvne V. Debs in particular, free
dom for Ireland and recognition of tbe
Irish republic by the L'nited States,
an adoption of a resolution pledging
co-operation with tbe federal board
for vocational training for ex-service
men took tip a greater part of T-ter-terday's
session of the Vermont State
Labor Federation meeting here.
Final action on tbe resolution fa
voring amnesty for po'lical prisoners
was not reabcd and tbe bitter de
bate on tbe floor cf the convention
and the ft iff opposition raised to lie
prop! made by AleDder Ironside
cf Barre. indicated that the resolu
tion would be lost.
Tbe Irish resol'ition ftmnd many
supporters amorg tbe delegates and in
dications point to its adaption wits
mmarst ely littV debate. The re-,.!,-
-i Irt-Und was presented tor
a - n ty Joseph E. Moore of F irl.a;-
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